In pictures: Highlights from the lacklustre Pak vs India Asia Cup match
Both teams have already qualified for the Super Four stage of the tournament from Group A.
India crushed Pakistan by eight wickets in their long-awaited Asia Cup match which failed to live up to its hype in Dubai on Wednesday.
Pace spearhead Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3-15) and part time off-spinner Kedar Jadhav (3-23) sent Pakistan, who won the toss and batted, collapsing to just 162 all out in 43.1 overs at Dubai Stadium.
Skipper Rohit Sharma then struck three sixes and six boundaries in his 39-ball 52 while fellow opener Shikhar Dhawan hit a six and six fours in his 54-ball 46 as India romped home in 29 overs.
Ambati Rayudu and Dinesh Karthik both finished on 31 not out as India exacted some revenge for their humbling 180-run defeat against their arch-rivals in the final of the Champions Trophy in London last year — the most recent match between the teams until Wednesday.
Both Pakistan and India had already qualified for the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup and will meet again in Dubai on Sunday.
Bangladesh and Afghanistan meet in Abu Dhabi in the last Group B match on Thursday, having already qualified for the second round after Sri Lanka crashed out.
The top two teams from the Super Fours will play the final in Dubai on September 28.
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Sep 19, 2018 10:04pm
Wonderful... Should've shown more pics of Pak fans... Would've loved to see their expressions !!
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Sep 19, 2018 10:27pm
Dawn never disappoints me when it comes to outstanding pictures.
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Sep 19, 2018 10:32pm
We won the champions trophy
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Sep 19, 2018 10:33pm
Winner is the gentlemen's game of cricket.
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Sep 19, 2018 10:34pm
Learn from it and play better next time. Congrats to India.
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Sep 19, 2018 10:38pm
i am ardent reader of pakistan's the dawn since 2010. the sport page is best of its class compare to india news media coverage. thanks dawn of good photos today.
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Sep 19, 2018 10:46pm
Pakistan lost match.
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Sep 19, 2018 10:54pm
Lovely photographs captured.. I always love the pictures of important events on Dawn..
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Sep 19, 2018 11:11pm
Why lackluster? I thought it was a brilliant match for India.
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Sep 19, 2018 11:29pm
Nice pics. No doubt...
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Sep 19, 2018 11:32pm
India outclassed us. Well played, India.
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Sep 19, 2018 11:49pm
Nice photographs
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Sep 20, 2018 12:08am
NIce pics thanks Dawn!
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Sep 20, 2018 12:27am
As an Indian, we loved the game thoroughly. Maybe it was lacklustre for the pakistani fans just like the Champions Trophy Finals was a lacklustre event for us.
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Sep 20, 2018 12:28am
Thanks guys!
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Sep 20, 2018 12:29am
Thanks DAWN for wonderful pictures
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Sep 20, 2018 12:32am
Certainly a lacklustre match, almost one sided
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Sep 20, 2018 12:56am
Good show of sportsmanship by both teams... Winning or losing doesn't matter, its the sportive attitude that counts.
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Sep 20, 2018 01:16am
Congrats team India
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Sep 20, 2018 05:23am
It was just a game anyone could have one nothing big deal.Let us be friends.
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Sep 20, 2018 05:58am
well palyed India though i am a Pakistani
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Sep 20, 2018 06:26am
Pakistan is a great team. It will bounce back.
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Sep 20, 2018 06:26am
Pakistan is a great team. It will bounce back.
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Sep 20, 2018 06:40am
Thank you for the pics. The match was an one sided one, but it had its moments. Hopefully, Pakistan puts up a spirited fight the next time around.
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Sep 20, 2018 06:43am
Pakistani GREAT--------D A W N
Excels in news coverage in every field.
THANKS
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Sep 20, 2018 06:55am
Beautiful pics
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Sep 20, 2018 07:51am
Awesome Pics.
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Sep 20, 2018 08:27am
@Shrikant Even a dead cat bounces once.
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Sep 20, 2018 08:48am
Pak or India, It's about playing matches that loves us watching. Superb photo Dawn...... Thanks - From south India
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Sep 20, 2018 09:37am
wonder what would be the heading if Pak had won in the same manner..
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Sep 20, 2018 09:41am
@Izaz Egyptian once made pyramids! Its good to be proud of the past, though concentrating on present and planning for future would make things more brighter. Cheers brother.
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Sep 20, 2018 09:50am
Sarfraz should shut his mouth and let his bat do the talking.
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Sep 20, 2018 10:07am
The problem with Pakistanis is that they lose heart after one loss against India. They should remember the outcome of Champion's Trophy and hope for the best for their team.
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Sep 20, 2018 10:12am
@Imran Khan let us take it as sporting spirit
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Sep 20, 2018 10:13am
@Shahid Haneef
Let us take it in a sporty way and not egos
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Sep 20, 2018 10:29am
What amazing photographs. I am now eagerly waiting for DAWN'S coverage of Ganpati Visarjan
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Sep 20, 2018 10:34am
Dawn is definitely a better newspaper than any of the online news papers from India. Keep up the good work.
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Sep 20, 2018 10:35am
@Izaz and we always win against u in world cup ... whats ur point?
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Sep 20, 2018 10:53am
Thanks DAWN for this nice pictures.
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Sep 20, 2018 11:19am
Well done India!
The better team won the game. But the best winner is DAWN with such lively photographs, especially the close-ups!
Keep it up - allrounder DAWN.
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Sep 20, 2018 11:50am
Is Imam-ul-Haq, Inzaman-Ul-Haq's son? They look so familiar!
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Sep 20, 2018 01:37pm
People still watch India Pakistan encounters?Grow up!Get Netflix whatever.Cricket has peaked-off.Now only club cricket got some spark.Half filled arenas clearly shows Indians have given up.2019 world cup will also see more Pakistanis in India vs Pakistan encounter.Indians are getting hip.Watching 20-20,soccer etc.No time to waste,whole day watching cricket.Anyways good luck Pakistan fans.
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Sep 20, 2018 03:52pm
As a Indian spectator I want to say, yesterday I didn't see the proper fighting spirit from Pakistan Batsman Side if that happened then it was a more colour ful excited ODI can viewed. Hope for the next time PAK 11 will show better as well as exiting match against India.
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Sep 20, 2018 06:21pm
I thought India was going to lose.
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Sep 20, 2018 06:55pm
Outstanding pics!!! Thanks Dawn doing great job all the time. I am big fan of Dawn since 2000. Once again thanks Dawn.
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Sep 20, 2018 09:30pm
Nice pics.
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Sep 20, 2018 09:54pm
@Steve You are wrong. india, a country of 1.2 Billion people not only Cricket, but Football matches, hockey matches, Volley ball matches even Gymnastics, no stadium gets empty or half filled. With growing economic prosperity, indians have now huge surplus money to spend with such entertainment and even when Tickets are too high, Stadiums are completely full.Success of IPL is the testimony behind such claim too.India 20 years back and today is completely different.
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Sep 21, 2018 10:32am
Fans expect close contest match instead of one sided match in India vs pak match
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Sep 21, 2018 10:34am
Fans expect closely contest match
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Sep 21, 2018 02:51pm
@Shahid Haneef thanks
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Sep 21, 2018 04:44pm
Super photo feature DAWN. No other website in the subcontinent comes even close when it comes to telling a story in pictures.
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Sep 22, 2018 02:27am
Congrats India on a well played game. Better play next time Pakistan.
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Sep 22, 2018 07:40am
@venkatesh rajendran Agree. Dawn is a good and balanced newspaper
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Sep 22, 2018 10:25am
The match was actually a game of cricket - not a game of thrones :-) nice to see people from both countries enjoyed & have a moment of zeal. Winning of losing won't matter but the promotion of pure sports & sportsman spirit are well exhibited! :-)
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